Title: From Kashmir to Kabul: The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900Author: Omar KhanPublisher: Prestel Publishing (2002)

A fine collection of photographs by John Burke and William Baker from 19th century colonial India and Afghanistan with excellent scholarship by Omar Khan. Contains some of the earliest examples of photography from Afghanistan.

Anthropological study of flowers as a cultural phenomenon around the world.

Title: Burke & Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon NorfolkAuthor: Norfolk SimonPublisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing (2011)

Photographer Simon Norfolk follows in the footsteps of a John Burke, a 19th century photographer who took some of the first photographs from Afghanistan during the second Anglo-Afghan war. Images from both are juxtaposed in this finely crafted book.

LA PHOTOGRAPHIE EN AFGHANISTAN – RÉFLEXIONS AUTOUR D'UNE COLLECTION May Schinasi's monograph on the history of photography in Kabul in the beginning of the 20th century in Annali, Volume 56, 2; Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli, 1996.

BAMAKO PHOTOGRAPHERS (FROM 1870 TO 2000) Érika Nimis's essay on the history of photography in Mali with a brief mention of box camera photographers. In English and French.